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M. F. 

All That Glitters Is Not Gold, 

2 acts, 2 hrs 6 3 

Arabian Nights, 3 acts, 2Vi hrs. 

30min 4 5 

AuDt Dinah's Pledge, temper- 
ance, 2 acts, 1 hr 6 3 

Beggar Venus, 3 acts, 2 hrs. 30 

min (25c) 6 4 

Black Heifer, 3 acts, 2 hrs.^25c) 9 -3 
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Caste, 3 acts, 2 hrs. 30 min 6 3 

Chas. O'Malley'sAunt, 50 min. 

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30 min 5 2 

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Cricket on the Hearth, 3 acts, 

Ihr. 46min 7 8 

Danger Signal, 2 acts, 2 hrs.. .. 7 4 
Down in Dixie, 4 acts, 2 hrs. 

30min (25c) 8 4 

Early Vows, 2 acts, 1 hr. (25c) 4 2 

East Lynne, 5 acts, 2 hrs 8 7 

Elma, The Fairy Child, 1 hr. 

45 min., operetta (25c) 5 8 

Engaged GirL 3 acts, 30 min.. 2 7 

Eulalia. 1 hr. 80 min (25c) 3 6 

From Sumter to Appomattox, 

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London Assurance, 5 acts, 2 hrs. 

SOmln 9 3 

Lost In London, 3 acts, 1 hr. 45 

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Louva, the Pauper, 5 acts, 1 hr. 

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Man from Borneo, 3 acts, 2 hrs. 

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Michael Erie, 2 acts. 1 hr. 30 m. 8 3 
Miriam's Crime, 3 acts, 2 hrs.. . 6 2 
M<r-su-Yu-Nissi, Japanese Wed- 

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Money, 5 acts. 3 hrs 9 3 

My Wife's Relations, Ihr 4 6 

New Woman, 3 acts, 1 hr 3 6 



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Not Such a Fool as He Looks. 3 

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Odds\vitb the Enemy, 4 acts, 1 

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Only Daughter (An), 3 acts, 1 

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On the Brink, temperance, 2 

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Our Boys, 3 acts, 2 hrs 6 4 

Our Country, 3 acts, 1 hr 10 3 

Ours, 3 acts, 2 hrs. 30 min 6 8 

Out in the Streets, temperance, 

1 hr. 15 min 6 4 

Pet of Parson's Ranch, 5 acts, 

2hrs 9 3 

Pocahontas, musical burlesque, 

2acts. 1 hr 10 2 

School Ma'am (The), 4 acts, 1 

hr. 4.T min 6 5 

Scrap of Paper, 3 acts, 2 hrs ... . 66 

Sea Drift, 4 acts, 2 hrs 6 2 

Seth Greenback, 4 acts, 1 hr. 

15 min 7 3 

Snowball, 3 acts, 2 hrs 4 3 

Soldier of Fortune, 5 acts, 2 

hr8.20mln 8 3 

Solon Shingle, 1 hr. 30 min 7 2 

Sparkling Cup, temperance, 5 

acts, 2 hrs 12 4 

Sweethearts, 2 acts, 35 min — 2 2 
Ten Nights in a Barroom, tem- 
perance. 5 acts, 2 hrs 7 4 

Those Dreadful Twins, 3 acts, 

2hrs (asc) 6 4 

Ticket of Leave Man, 4 acts, 2 

hrs. 45 min 8 3 

Tony, the Convict, 5 acts, 2 hrs. 

30 min (25c) 7 4 

Toodles, 2 acts, 1 hr. 15 min. .. 6 2 
Topp'sTwins, 4acts,2hrs.(25c) 6 4 
Uncle Josh, 4 acts, 2 hrs. 15 

min {25c) 8 3 

Under the Laurels, 6 acts, 1 hr. 

45 min 5 4 

Under the Spell, 4 acts, 2 hrs. 

30min (25c) 7 3 

Wedding Trip (The), 2 acts, 1 

hr 3 2 

Won at Last, 3 acts, 1 hr. 45 

min 7 3 

Yankee Detective, 3 acts, 2 hrs. 8 8 



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THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL 

HOUSE 



A BURLESQUE SKETCH ON EDUCATION 
FOR A SINGING QUARTETTE 



BUILT BY 

HARRY L. NEWTON 

AUTHOR OF 

"Breakfast Food for Two," "A Bundle of Burnt Cork Comedy' 

"A Cold Finish," "Doings of a Dude," "A Dutch Cocktail," 

"Fresh Timothy Hay," "The Heiress of Hoetown" "Glickinan 

the Glacier," "Hey, Rube!" "Jayville Junction," "Marriage 

and After," "Mr. and Mrs. Fi'do," "One Szueetheart for 

Tzvo," "Oshkosh Next Week," "O'Toole's Battle of 

Ante-Up," "Pickles for Tzvo" "The Pooh Bah of 

Peacetozjon," "Si and I," "A Special Sale," "A 

Tramp With a Tramp," "The Troubles 

of Rozinski," "Tzvo Jay Detectives," 

"Uncle Bill at the Vaudeville," 

and "Words to the Wise." 



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CHICAGO 

T. S. DENISON. Publisher 

163 Randolph Street 




THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE. 



CAST OF CUT-UPS. 

Heinie Picklebrodt The German Teacher 

Johnnie Redd The Bad Boy 

Willie Green The Nice Boy 

Ikey Goldsilver The Hebrew Boy 

TiMK—Nine A. M. 

Time of Playing — About Twenty Minutes. 

Note : This little playlet is especially designed for a 
singing quartette and is "framed" for the introduction of 
solos and quartette numbers. 

COSTUMES. 

Picklebrodt — Typical German ; blonde wig and chin 
piece ; age, about 40. Eccentric in manner and clothes ; 
speaks with strong German dialect. 

Johnnie — Knee pants and sweater. One eye blackened 
and hair mussed ; wears striped cap. Speaks in tough dia- 
lect. Make-up to represent a boy of 16. 

Willie — Knee pants and white waist, with large collar 
and flowing tie ; large straw hat with ribbon. Speaks in soft 
tone of voice and "very nice" in manner. Make-up to rep- 
resent a boy of 17. 

Ikey — Typical Hebrew boy of about 17. Nose made up 
large ; trousers tight and showing about six inches of white 
above the shoes. Wears low crown derby hat pulled over 
tops of ears. Strong Hebrew accent in speech. 

STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

R. means right of the stage ; C, center ; R. C, right cen- 
ter; L., left,; R. D., right door; L. D., left door, etc.; 1 E., 
first entrance ; U. E., upper entrance, etc. ; D. F., door in flat 
or scene running across the back of the stage ; 1 G., first 
groove, etc. The actor is supposed to be facing the audience. 

copyright, 1908, by t. s. denison. 
2 



THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE. 



Scene : A school room. Door R. or L. Three small desks 
{or tables) are set facing the teacher's desk, which is 
placed at left. Care must he taken in the setting so the 
audience's viezv is not obstructed. A large map hangs 
on zvings back of teacher s desk ; books and slates are on 
all desks, giving all as much of the appearance of a school 
as possible. On Picklebrodt's desk is a bladder attached 
to a string and short stick. 

Just before the rise of curtain nine strokes of a bell are 
given. Picklebrodt is discovered back of his desk, then 
other three come on pell-mell, falling, stumbling, etc. Take 
their seats. Ikey has hat on head, other tzvo have hats in 
the hands. 

Pickle (raps on desk loudly). Order! Order! 

Johnnie. I'll take an ice cream soda. 

Willie. Some fancy bon-bons for me, please. 

Ikey. I'll take de same as both of de others put together. 

Pickle. Shut, up ! Dis is no ice cream joint. Dis is a 
school. Ain't it? Yes. Veil, de first ting I shall begin to 
commence vit is de roll call. (Calls.) Willie Green. 

Willie (standing). Present, teacher. (Sits.) 

Johnnie (reaches over and pulls Willie's tie from about 
his neck). There's your tie, kid. (Hands it back to Willie, 
zvho puts it on again.) 

Pickle. Oh, Willie Green present. 

Ikey. I'll take a present, too, teacher. 

Pickle. You'll take your hat off and shut up before I 
soak you. (Calls.) Johnnie Redd. 

Johnnie. Oh, I couldn't come to school today. 
. Pickle. Oh, you couldn't. (Picks up bladder.) Veil, if 

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4 THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE. 

you get here before this gets to you, stop it, vill you? (Hits 
Johnnie on head zvith bladder.) 

Johnnie (feeling of Jiead and half crying). Say, I'm 
much obhged. 

Pickle. Oh, you are velcome to de change ; keep it. 
(To Ikey.) Stand up, please. 

Ikey (standing) . Sure, I viU. 

Pickle. You are a new scholar. Vat is it your name is, 
please. 

Ikey. Ikey Goldsilver, thank you. 

Pickle. Don't thank me for a name like that. Your 
father's business ? 

Ikey. Rotten. 

Pickle. Rotten? Oh, dot's it, a joke, eh? (Hits him on 
hat with bladder.) Veil, der is another joke. (To Johnnie.) 
I have here a C[uestion. Vat is de difference between a pill 
and a mountain? 

Johnnie. One is hard to get down and the other is hard 
to get up. 

Pickle. Oh, dot's a smart boy. De singing class will 
now begin to commence something. 

(Introduce solo by Willie zvith quartette chorus.) 

Pickle, (after song, to Willie). You sing nice — shoost 
like a fish. Now I want to ask you : Who made de trees, de 
fields, beautiful flowers and the big mountains ? 

Willie. Please, sir, I don't know. 

Pickle. "Please sir I don't know." Why don't you 
know? 

Willie. Because we just moved here last week, sir. 

Johnnie. Aw, go on. (Pulls Willie's necktie off.) 
Here's your tie, kid. (Hands it to Willie^ zcho re-ties it 
again.) 

Pickle. Nix mit dot monkey doodle business, Johnnie. 
If dere is any fooling to be did, I shall did it myself — mit 
dis. (Holds up bladder.) 

Ikey (raising hand and snapping iingers). Teacher, can 
I go out? 

Pickle. No, you cannot go on de outside. You got to 



THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE. '5 

stay by de inside. I ask you as a gentleman a question : 
What is steam? 

Ikey (in sing-song manner). You ask me vot is — 

Pickle (interrupting). Don't sing it. Shoost speak it 
from your mouth out, please. What is steam? 

Ikey. Steam is water dot is crazy vit de heat. 

Pickle. Dot'll do for you! (To Johnnie.) Johnnie, 
you will please recite some poetry. Something vich vill 
touch de heart and make de eyes leak vit tears. 

Johnnie. Say, I got a bunch of real leak of de face, see ! 
(Pickle puts handkerchief to eyes.) 

There was a young man in Fargo 
Who tried to make a buzz saw go ; 
The doctor came, said : "Ain't it a shame ! 
I wonder where did his jaw go?" 

Pickle. Say, dot's de saddest ting I ever saw. I shall 
cry for de rest of my life. (Cries with handkerchief to eyes.) 

Willie (to Johnnie). Oh, you cruel boy. You made 
our dear teacher cry. (Ikey laughs in Hebrezv chuckling 
manner.) 

Johnnie (pulls Willie's tie off). Here's your tie, kid. 
Don't get so fresh or I'll kick you in the slats. (Hands tie 
hack to Willie, zvho re-ties it.) 

Pickle. Slats ? Slats ? Vot is dot slats ? 

Johnnie. Aw, that's short for ribs, see! 

Pickle. Veil, vy couldn't you say short-ribs in de first 
place. (To Ikey.) Ikey, you shall sing for us a song. 

(Introduce song by Ikey, quartette on chorus.) 

Pickle (after song). Willie, where is de North Pole? 

Willie. I'm sure I don't know, sir. Some of the other 
boys must have it. I haven't touched it today. (Ikey and 
Johnnie both laugh heartily. Willie stands looking inno- 
cently from one to the other.) 

Pickle. (soaki}ig -first one and then another zvith bladder). 
Silence ! Shut up ! If he says he ain't touched it, he ain't. 
Dot's plenty ! 

Johnnie. Yes, that's plenty; that's too much. 



6 THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE. 

Pickle. Veil, too much is plenty, ain't it? {To Willie.) 
You can recite something, yes? 

Willie. I have several very pretty things which I shall 
be glad to recite for your edification, sir. (Ikey laughs. 
Johnnie grabs Willie's necktie; Willie takes it and puts 
it on again.) 

Pickle (smiling at Willie). You're a fine boy. You use 
language dot never vos used before in all de vorld. Go 
ahead and make a recite. 

Willie (recites) : 

I've wondered what made Wiscon-sin, 
And how much does Cleveland, O, today; 
Why did Denver Color-Ada, 
And who took Des Moines eye away. 

Once in Providence I Rhode Island, 

But Nantucket at a bound ; 

I listened for a little noise 

But couldn't hear a Long Island Sound. 

I was wheeling West Virginia 
As an autumn day wore on ; 
I thought I'd get a Memphis, Tenn, 
But I got a Hartford, Conn. 

"What made Chicago 111?" 
Asked a Jackson Miss of a doctor man. 
'*I can't tell," said a Baltimore, M. D., 
But perhaps Topeka, Kan." 

Pickle, (to Johnnie). Dot Willie Green is a smart boy. 
Now if I ask it you someting, vot shall be de answer ? 

Johnnie. Sa^, untwist, untwist or subside. 

Pickle. I vill do it. I vant to show de other boys your 
smartness. You vill please frame a sentance vit de vord 
delight in it. 

Johnnie. Delight? 

Pickle. Sure — delight. 



THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE. 7 

Johnnie. The wind came in the window and blew out 
de Hght. 

Pickle. By golly, but you are a smart boy. I have an- 
other question, vich is : Please describe a spinal column. 

Johnnie. A spinal column is a long bone in de body. 
Your head sits on one end and you sit on de other. 

Pickle. Sure, dot's fine. Now why is de ankle between 
the foot and knee?* 

Johnnie. To keep the calf from de corn. 

(Introduce song by Johnnie.) 

Pickle, (to Ikey). Now, Ikey, you shall answer me dis: 
If your father had $18 and I was to ask him for $7, how 
much would he have left? 

Ikey. $18. 

Pickle. No, no ; you don't know ^e example. 

Ikey. And you don't know my father. 

Pickle. Ach, you are a no good at figures, ain't you, 
yes? 

Ikey. Sure, I am good at figures. My mother was bitten 
by a snake. 

Pickle. Oh, oh ! dot's a smart boy. Vy does it make you 
good at figures if you mother vos bitten by a snake? 

Ikey. Because it was an adder. 

Pickle, (slozvly picks tip bladder, keeping his eyes fixed 
on Ikey and begins to sneak toward him. Ikey rises from 
seat and starts to sneak 'away from Pickle^ keeping the 
desks betzveen). Hold on, Ikey. Please do me a favor. I 
ask you like a gentlemans to linger a while in one spot so I 
can soak you. 

Ikey. I vouldn't do it. (Johnnie laughs, reaches for 
Willie's tie, but Willie pulls off tie himself and gives 
Johnnie the laugh.) 

Pickle, (swings bladder and hits Johnnie on head). 
Veil, I had to soak somebody and it might as veil be you. 

Johnnie (half crying and feeling of head). Gee, I didn't 
went to do notliin' to nobody. 

Willie (laughs). His grammar is atrocious. I am deeply 
grieved and surprised also that in this enlightened age and 



8 THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE. 

free scholarships that our ears should be assailed by such 
outlandish phrasings of speech. He should be made to — 

Johnnie. Teacher, he's calling me names. (Jumps up 
and grabs Willie, they scuffle an instant, then Pickle, and 
Ikey mix in and a general scrimmage ensues, ending by 
Willie knocking them dozvn one after the other.) 

Willie (pulling off Pickle.'s tie). Here's your necktie, 
dear teacher. (Goes to Ikey, pidls off his hat and slams it 
dozvn on floor.) And there, my Hebrew friend, is your hat. 
(Goes to Johnnie, pidls off one of his shoes.) And there, 
my uncouth comrade, is your shoe. (Throzvs it dozvn, then 
strikes heroic pose, zvith arms folded across breast. The 
others slozvly get to their feet and stand looking at him for 
an instant.) 

Ikey. Oi, oi ! he's a regular moving picture fighter. 

Johnnie. Aw, he hit me when I wasn't looking. 

Pickle. Boys, dot shoost shows de true value of edu- 
menkashun. Shake hands vit him and be glad he didn't kill 
us ven he had us at his mercy. (They shake hands.) De 
school will now close for repairs to de inmates. Ve vill all 
join in and sing someting in de vay of thankfulness that ve 
are still alive. 

(Finish by quartette singing tzvo numbers.) 

CURTAIN. 

Note. — The following songs are suggested as being just 
about what is required to make this playlet a great success : 
Ikey's song — "Yonkle the Cowboy Jew," or "Under the Mot- 
zos Tree." Willie's song — ''When the Moon Plays Peek-a- 
Boo," ''Clover Blossoms," "See-Saw," "Stingy," or "Captain 
Willie Brown." Johnnie's song — "Somebody's Lied," "When 
I Go Marching with Georgie," "My Cowboy Lady," or "Nap- 
anee." For quartette finish song "Wish Me Good Luck on 
My Journey" is recommended. It is understood that the 
above mentioned songs are merely suggestions and not neces- 
sary for the success of the act ; any similar songs may be 
substituted. 



H 21/ 85 



DENISON'S ACTING PLAYS. 



Price 15 Cents Each, Postpaid, Unless Different Price is Given. 



FARCES AND SKETCHES. 

M. F. 

Assessor, sketch, 10 min 3 2 

April Fools, iiO rain 3 

liadJob, 30 min 3 2 

Harden vs. Pickwiclc, 25 min... 6 2 

Ueautlfu I Forever, 30 min 2 2 

Heisy baker, 45 min 2 2 

iilind Margaret, musical, 30 ra. 3 3 

I Jorro wed Luncheon, 20 min... 5 

Borrowing Trouble. 25 min.... 3 5 

l»ox and Cox, 35 min 2 1 

IJreezy Call, 25 min 2 1 

lJ"mble's Courtship, 18 min. .. 1 1 

Cabman No. 93, 40 min 2 2 

Christmas Ship, musical, 20 m. 4 3 

Cobbler, 10 min 1 

Convention of Papas, 25 min. .. 7 

Country Justice, 15 min 8 

Cow That Kicked Chicago, 20 

min 3 2 

Cut Otf with a Shilling, 25 min. 2 1 

deception, 30 min 3 2 

Desperate Situation, 25 min. ... 23 

Documentary Evidence, 25 min. 1 1 

Dude in a Cyclone, 20 min 5 3 

Fair Encounter, sketch, 20 min. 2 

Family btrike, 20 min 3 3 

First-Class Hotel, 20 min 4 

Freezing a Mother-in-Law, 45 

. min 3 2 

Great Medical Dispensary, 30 

min 6 

Hans Von Smash, 30 min 4 3 

UardCider.'temperance, 15 m.. 4 2 

Happy Pair, 25 min 1 1 

Homoeopathy, Irish, 30 min.... 5 3 

I'll May Awhile, 20 min 4 

I'm Not Mesilf at AU, 25 min.. 3 2 

initiating a Granger, 25 min.. . 8 O 

In the Wrong House, 20 min. . . 4 2 

Irish Linen Peddler, 40 min. . 3 3 

Is the Editor in? 20 min 4 2 

John Smith, 30 min 5 3 

Just My Luck, 20 min 4 3 

Kansas Imruigrants, 20 min.... 5 1 

Kiss in the Dark, 30 min 2 3 

Larkin's Love Letters, 50 min.. 3 2 

Lend MeFiveShillings, 40min. 5 2 

Limerick Hoy, 30 min 5 2 

Little Black Uevil, 10 min 2 1 

Love and Rain, sketch, 20 min. 1 1 

Lucky Sixpence, 30 min 4 2 

Lucy's Old Man, sketch, lo m. 2 3 
Madame Princeton's Temple of 

Beauty, 20 min 6 

Mike Donovan, 15 min 1 3 

Misses Beers, 25 min 3 3 

Mistake in Identity, 15 min... '2 

Model of a Wife, 25 min 3 2 

Mrs. Gamp's Tea, sketch, 15 m. 2 

My Jeremiah, 20 min 3 2 

My Lord in Livery, 45 min 4 8 

My Keighbor's Wife, 45 min 3 3 



M. r. 

My Turn Next, 50 min 4 3 

Narrow Escape, sketch, 15 m... 2 

Not at Home, 15 min... ^ 2 O 

Obstinate Family, 40 min 3 3 

On Guard, 25 min 4 2 

Only Cold Tea, 20 min 3 3 

Outwii ting the Colonel, 25 m.. 3 2 

Patsy O' Wang, 3.') min 4 3 

Pat the Apotliecary, 35 min 6 2 

Persecuted Dutchman, 35 min. 6 3 

Petsof Society, 3(1 min 7 

Played and Lost, sketch, 15 m. 3 2 

Pull-Back, 20min 6 

Quiet Family, 45 min 4 4 

Realmof Time, musical, 30min. 8 15 

Regular Fix, 50 min 6 4 

Rejected, 40 min 6 3 

Rough Diamond, 40 min 4 3 

Row in Kitchen and Politician's 

Breakfast, 2 monologues... 1 1 

Silent Woman, 25 min 2 1 

Slasher and Crasher, 1 hr. 15 m. 5 2 

Taming a Tiger, '20 min 3 

That Rascal Pat, 35 min 3 2 

To Oblige Benson, 45 min 3 2 

Too M uch for One Head, 25 m. . 2 4 
Too Much of a Good Thing, 50 

min 3 6 

Treasure from Egypt, 45 min.. 4 1 

Trick Dollar, 30 mlti 4 3 

Turn Him Out, 50 min 3 3 

Twenty Minutes Under Um- 
brella, sketch, 20 min 1 1 

Two IJonnyca.stles, 45 min 3 3 

Two Ga.\ Deceivers, 25 min 3 

Two Gents in a l''ix, 20 m in 2 

Two Ghosts in White. 25 min.. 8 

Two of a Kind, 4(» min 2 3 

Two Puddifoots. 40 min 3 3 

Uncle Dick's Mistake, 20 min.. .'} 2 

Very Pleasant ICvenin'j;. 30 min 3 

Wanted: a Correspondent, 1 hr. 4 4 

Wanted; a Hero, 2(> min 1 1 

Which Will lie Marry? 30 min. 2 8 

White Caps (The). musical, 30m. () 8 

Who is Who, 40 min 3 2 

Who Told the Lie? 3t) ui in,.... 5 '.i 

Wide Enough for Two. 50 min. 5 2 

Woman Hater (The), 30 min... 2 1 

Wonderful Letter. '25 min 4 1 

Wooing Under Difficulties, 35 

min 4. 3 

Yankee Peddler, 1 hr 7 3 



The publisher believes that he can 
say truthfully that Denison's list of 
plays is on the whole the best se- 
lected and most successful in the 
market. JV^eiv IHays will be added 
from time to time. 



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